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VOL. XXXIII. 



The described species of the genus are as follows. In addition to 

 these I have examined a ninnber of others, mainly from the West 

 Indies : 



(1) Comaster 

 Comaster 



penter) 

 Comaster 

 Comaster 

 Comaster 

 Comaster 



(2) Comaster 

 Comaster 

 Comaster 



penter) 

 Comaster 



penter ) 

 Comaster 



ter). 

 Comaster 

 Comaster 



ter). 



^Comaster 



Comaster 



Com,aster 



penter) 

 Comaster 

 Comaster 



ter). 

 Comaster 

 Comaster 



ter). 



alata (Pourtales). 

 alternans (P. H. Car- 



helli (P. H. Carpenter). 

 bennetti (J. Miiller). 

 horneensis ( Gr ube ) . 

 hriareus (Bell). 

 carpenteri A. H. Clark. 

 coppingeri ( Bell ) . 

 discoidea (P. H. Car- 



divaricata (P. H. Car- 



duplex (P. H. Carpen- 



echinoptera (J. Miiller). 

 clongata (P. H. Carpen- 



flmbriata (Lamarck). 

 graeilis ( Ha rtl a ub ) . 

 grandicalyx (P. H. Car- 



iowensis ( Springer ) . 

 lineata (P. H. Carpen- 



japonica. (J. Miiller). 

 littoralis (P. H. Carpen- 



Comaster macrobrachius ( Hartlanb ) . 



Comaster maculata (P. H. Carpenter). 



Comaster magnifica (P. H. Carpenter). 



Comaster mariw (A. H. Clark). 



Comaster meridionalis (Agassiz and 

 Agassiz). 



Comaster multiradiata (Linufeus). 



Comaster nobilis (P. H. Carpenter). 



Comaster nova;-giuiiea' (J. Miiller). 



Comaster orientaUs (A. H. Clark). 



Comaster parvicirra (.J. Miiller). 



Comaster peronii (P. H. Carpenter). 



Comaster quadrata (P. H. Carpenter). 



Comaster regalis (P. H. Carpenter). 



Comaster robustipinna (P. H. Carpen- 

 ter). 



Comaster rotalarki (Lamarck). 



Comaster rubiginosa (Pourtales). 



Comaster schlcgelii (P. H. Carpenter). 



Comaster sentosa (P. H. Carpenter). 



Comaster solaster (A. H. Clark). 



Comaster stelligera (P. H. Carpenter). 



Comaster trichoptera (J. Miiller). 



Comaster typica (Loven). 



Comaster vaJida (P. H. Carpenter). 



Comaster variabilis (Bell). 



I. COMASTER ALATA (Pourtales). 



'-'' Actinometra fulchella (Pourtales)'' was invariably used by Doc- 

 tor Carpenter for the species which had previously been named alata 

 by Pourtales, because he considered the name more appropriate, and 

 subsequent authors have persisted in following him. Not only is 

 Antedon pulcliella of Pourtales " preceded by Antedon alata of the 

 same author ^ for the same species, but Antedon jndchella Pourtales, 

 1878, is preoccupied by Gamjmeda {= Anted 07j) indchella Gray, 

 1834.° 



2. COMASTER CARPENTERL new name. 



Doctor Carpenter in 1888 '^ described a species of Comaster as 

 Actinometra multifida., referring the name to Johannes jNIiiller; but 

 Miiller, according to his own statement,'' proposed the name niulti-fida 



«Bull. Mus. Comp. ZooL, V, No. 9, p. 216. 

 ^Idem., p. 215. 



cproc. Zool. Soc. London, 1S34, Pt. 2, No. 14, p. 15. 

 ^ Challenger Reports, XXVI, Zoology, p. 330. 

 ^Arcliiv fiir Naturgesch., 1S41, I, p. 147. 



